One of everything
One reminder:
One word:
One song about one word using several words:
One link (to the blog of voting):
http://just-between-friends.com
And one idea to make a skirt that’s darling (but too big) the just right size:
[First of all, it was a bargain–and by bargain I mean $6–or I wouldn’t have purchased it.
Second of all, I love gray.
Third of all, it took less than 20 minutes to alter the skirt.
That is all.
Except for: BoOm.]
Aqui estan las instrucciones:
–make sure your machine has a ballpoint needle in it and not a regular point needle (the ballpoint needle will thread through the knit fabric without cutting it)
–put the skirt on and decide what the comfortable fit is for you
–mark where you want it to fit (these marks will become your new seam lines) –I decided to take an even amount off of both sides
–take the skirt off and turn it inside out
–pin the side seams in several spots so the material doesn’t accidentally move (I eventually pinned both sides)
[The brightness of the carpet is mesmerizing.]
–mark where the new seam will be
[I know. Moisturize. I’m on it.]
–sew the seam, and brush off the chalk with a clean cloth (or the shirt you are wearing)
I sewed that seam with confidence all boss and stuff using the exact-match kind of thread. Knits are a bear–an angry, ferocious mother bear–to unpick. It’s tough (nigh unto impossible) to unpick a seam on knit fabric without accidentally snagging/cutting another thread.
If you have a serger, great. If you don’t, great. You can finish the edges either way. When you serge, just make sure you don’t go beyond the seam you’ve established–especially if you’re cutting as you sew.
Without a serger, simply cut the material leaving a 1/4″ seam allowance. Go back over the newly cut part and run a zigzag stitch along the raw edge of the material.
Simple, shmimple mixed with a little bit of easy-squeazy. All y’all so can do this.
Any questions? Happy to answer them if ever there is one.
2 COMMENTS
Brenda Poulsen
12 years agoWhere is the awesome modeling of this simply divine skirt? 😉
Teresa Jones
12 years agoI’ll get right on that. ~smile~ Thanks for the reminder.